The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) on Wednesday declared three major roads of Haryana namely ‘Ambala to Saha’, ‘Narnaul to Tohana’ and ‘Jind to Sonipat’ as national highways. A notification to this effect has also been issued by the Central Government. The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday handed over a copy of the gazette notification to Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij at New Delhi.
Vij said that he had met the Union Minister several times for declaring Ambala-Saha-Shahbad road as National highway. Resultantly, the Union Minister approved three new national highways; NH-444 A, NH-148 B and NH-352 A falling in the state.
The Minister informed that NH-444 A, starts from its junction with NH-44 near Ambala connecting Saha and terminates at its junction with NH-44 at Sahabad in Haryana and NH-148 B, starts from its junction with new NH-48 at Kotputli in Rajasthan connecting Narnaul, Mahendergarh, Charkhi Dadri, Bhiwani, Hansi, Barwala, Tohana in Haryana, Mansa and terminating at its junction with NH-54 near Bathinda in Punjab. NH-352 A starts from its junction with NH-352 at Jind connecting Gohana and terminates at its junction with NH-334B at Sonipat in Haryana, he added.